Anführungszeichen

quotation marks

noun ahn-FUE-roongs-tsai-khen Rare

Also means

inverted commas

Usage Note

Anführungszeichen in German are typographically different from English: opening marks sit at the bottom „ and closing at the top ”. These are sometimes called Gänsefüßchen (little goose feet) informally. Plural is unchanged.

Examples

"Der Titel des Buches steht in Anführungszeichen."

Natural Translation

The title of the book is in quotation marks.

Literal Translation

The title of the book stands in quotation-marks.

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